Beschreibung:

Psalter, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum 286 leaves (last blank), 139mm. by 94mm., complete, collation: i-iv10, v6, vi-xiii10, xiv8, xv-xix10, xx6, xxi-xxix10, xxx6, with horizontal or vertical catchwords (alternately in the first half of the book, thereafter most vertical) with some traces of leaf signatures, 14 lines, ruled in ink, written-space 79mm. by 47mm., written in dark brown ink in a very fine regular rounded gothic hand, a few headings in red, versal initials throughout in blue, 2-line illuminated initials for each psalm in burnished gold on panels divided into red, green and blue with delicate tracery in liquid gold, six large illuminated initials 4 lines high in similar colours, including one (fol.135r) with two-sided illuminated border of lush coloured leaves and flowers and tiny gold bezants with brown hairline penwork, very large historiated initial (half-page, 7-line) on fol.1r in lush coloured leafy design on a burnished gold ground and with a full-length illuminated border of coloured flowers and leaves on tendrils with gold bezants and whiskery brown penwork, very slight rubbing of first leaf, a few insignificant stains and signs of use, some ink a little rubbed on the smooth side of the vellum, generally in very fine condition, original gilt edges elaborately gauffered and inscribed (see below), edges a bit rubbed, full twentieth-century red morocco, title gilt, Hornby arms on sides in gilt, vellum endleaves, silk marker, by Katharine Adams (1862-1952), with her mark inside lower cover